{"id":69586,"date":"2017-01-21T13:31:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T12:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/?p=69586"},"modified":"2017-01-21T13:31:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T12:31:57","slug":"john-watkiss-1961-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/john-watkiss-1961-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"John Watkiss (1961-2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>De nouveau une mauvaise nouvelle dans la sph\u00e8re des comics, via le magazine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripwiremagazine.co.uk\/headlines\/film-comic-artist-john-watkiss-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tripwire<\/a>: la disparition du dessinateur et storyboarder anglais John Watkiss, dont les lecteurs avaient pu suivre le travail aussi bien chez Dark Horse, Marvel, DC Comics ou Image Comics. R\u00e9cemment, encore, on pouvait admirer ses pages dans la s\u00e9rie Surgeon X<\/strong><!--more-->.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"69587\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/john-watkiss-1961-2017\/attachment\/surgeon-x-promo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Surgeon-X-Promo.jpg?fit=350%2C529&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,529\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"John Watkiss (1961-2017)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Surgeon-X-Promo.jpg?fit=350%2C529&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-69587\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Surgeon-X-Promo.jpg?resize=250%2C378\" width=\"250\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Surgeon-X-Promo.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Surgeon-X-Promo.jpg?resize=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>De nationalit\u00e9 anglaise, John Watkiss est d&rsquo;abord pass\u00e9 par la case de l&rsquo;illustration publicitaire et du storyboard. Ses premi\u00e8res BD paraissent dans des revues anglaises \u00e0 partir de 1982 (Fast Fiction #2) mais surtout 1987 (Kiss of Death #1). Apr\u00e8s 12 ans pass\u00e9s dans la pub et le cin\u00e9ma, il se tourne plus activement vers la BD (sans toutefois compl\u00e8tement tourner le dos aux storyboards). Le style de Watkiss le pla\u00e7ait quelque part entre Bill Sienkiewicz et James Jean, id\u00e9al pour des ambiances noires, fantastiques et\/ou oniriques. Et qui plus est, il est britannique&#8230; Ainsi on le retrouvera pour ainsi dire naturellement chez DC\/Vertigo sur des s\u00e9ries comme Sandman (#39, en 1992). Quelques semaines plus tard il encha\u00eene chez Marvel avec \u00ab\u00a0Dinosaur, A Celebration\u00a0\u00bb et Conan The Barbarian #264-265 (la s\u00e9rie n&rsquo;\u00e9tant pas encore pass\u00e9e chez Dark Horse) et plus tard dans Savage Sword of Conan. C&rsquo;est la production de Ring of Roses (une minis\u00e9rie \u00e9crite par Das Petrtou et \u00e9dit\u00e9e chez Dark Horse) qui fera v\u00e9ritablement la charni\u00e8re de sa pr\u00e9sence dans les comics&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"69589\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/john-watkiss-1961-2017\/attachment\/watkiss29\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Watkiss29.jpg?fit=350%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,482\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"John Watkiss (1961-2017)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Watkiss29.jpg?fit=350%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-69589\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Watkiss29.jpg?resize=350%2C482\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Watkiss29.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Watkiss29.jpg?resize=109%2C150&amp;ssl=1 109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>En 1993, il illustre les aventures de James Bond dans Dark Horse Comics, tandis qu&rsquo;on continue de le retrouver en alternance dans des r\u00e9cits de Conan ou dans du mat\u00e9riel Vertigo (Sandman Mystery Theatre, The Sandman: Worlds&rsquo; End). En 1995, il dessine tout un arc de Legends of The Dark Knight. La m\u00eame ann\u00e9e il fait le choix de rejoindre l&rsquo;\u00e9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re \u00e9diteur Tekno Comix, o\u00f9 il dessinera la s\u00e9rie de SF Mullkon Empire. N&rsquo;ayant pas cess\u00e9 de dessiner pour le cin\u00e9ma, il est parall\u00e8lement storyboarder sur certaines s\u00e9quences du dessin anim\u00e9 Aeon Flux. Il revient chez DC en 1996 \u00e0 travers la s\u00e9rie Sandman de James Robinson puis des \u00e9pisodes de Detective Comics ou de Batman: Gotham Knights. En 2005, chez Vertigo, il met en image la s\u00e9rie Trigger puis, l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e suivante, dessine 13 \u00e9pisodes de la courte s\u00e9rie Deadman, ce qui reste \u00e0 ce jour son plus gros \u00ab\u00a0run\u00a0\u00bb dans les comics. Toujours li\u00e9 au cin\u00e9ma, il travaille \u00e0 la conception du film Captain Sky and the World of Tomorrow (2003) ou encore sur le storyboard du Sherlock Holmes version Guy Ritchie\/Robert Downey Jr. Enfin, il avait aussi travaill\u00e9 sur la s\u00e9rie TV Walking Dead. En septembre 2016, repass\u00e9 dans le monde des comics, retrouvant l&rsquo;\u00e9ditrice Karen Berger (ancienne patronne de Vertigo) sur la s\u00e9rie Surgeon X, sc\u00e9naris\u00e9e par Sara Kenney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De nouveau une mauvaise nouvelle dans la sph\u00e8re des comics, via le magazine Tripwire: la disparition du dessinateur et 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